Interactions in an acarine predator guild: Impact on Typhlodromalus aripo abundance and biological control of cassava green mite in Benin, West Africa

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 225-241

  Onzo, Alexis ^a,b   Hanna, Rachid ^a,c   Sabelis, Maurice W ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c IITA Benin   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classical biological control; Euseius fustis; Metapopulation; Mononychellus tanajoa; Natural enemy complex; Path analysis; Phytoseiidae; Predator facilitation; T. saltus; Typhlodromalus manihoti

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CASSAVA; MITE; PEST CONTROL;

ANIMAL; BENIN; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CASSAVA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PREDATION; REVIEW; TETRANYCHIDAE;

ANIMALS; BENIN; MANIHOT; MITE INFESTATIONS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TETRANYCHIDAE;

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; EUSEIUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; MONONYCHELLUS; MONONYCHELLUS PROGRESIVUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; TETRANYCHIDAE;

EID: 1842536003     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000010380.44408.05     Document Type: Review

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